Chapter 109: Chapter 109: Star Promotion Changes
Next, Fang Yun switched to single draws.
His Planting Talent, which needed four more fragnts, only upgraded after eleven single draws. This was already considered pretty lucky.
In total, Fang Yun had now drawn for Life Talents fifty tis.
The Life Talent interface had changed significantly.
Alchemy Talent ★★★★ (9/720)
Artifact Refining Talent ★★★★ (4/720)
Planting Talent ★★★★ (0/720)
All his Life Talents had reached four stars. At the sa ti, the number of talent fragnts needed to upgrade from four to five stars had jumped to seven hundred and twenty.
Fortunately, four-star Life Talents were more than enough for the Foundation Establishnt Stage, and he was still only in the Qi Refining Stage.
’What was that phrase again?’
’I’m way ahead of the curve.’
’With my Alchemy Talent at four stars, I should be able to produce a full batch of Upper-Grade Qi Enhancent Pills much faster, even when using good-quality materials.’
Currently, his best result when refining Qi Enhancent Pills was a batch of five Upper-Grade pills and one Lower-Grade pill.
Upgrading the remaining pills to Upper Grade was undoubtedly the most difficult part, especially the very last one.
Before his Alchemy Talent leveled up, even if he used all superior-quality Spirit dicines, he could only manage to turn the sixth pill from Lower Grade to Middle Grade.
But now, he was fifty percent confident he could refine six Upper-Grade Qi Enhancent Pills in a single batch.
If he were using good-quality Spirit dicines, he would need to practice for another ten to twenty batches.
Next up was drawing for Combat Talents.
Upgrading a Life Talent to five stars required over 200,000 Talent Points. In contrast, the amount needed to get his Combat Talents to three stars had been much lower.
With his remaining Talent Points, he could draw for Combat Talents fourteen more tis.
He decided to use them all at once, in a single fourteen-draw pull.
Sword Type Talent Fragnts x5
Shield Talent Fragnts x6
Shoe Talent Fragnts x3
As he drew the Combat Talents...
The Combat Talent interface updated accordingly:
[Artifact] Shield Talent ★★ (7/24)
[Artifact] Sword Type Talent ★★ (5/24)
[Artifact] Shoe Talent ★★ (3/24)
Fang Yun estimated that if his luck wasn’t too bad, a little over 60,000 Talent Points would be enough to upgrade all his Combat Talents to three stars.
At his current rate of accumulating Talent Points, he could upgrade all of his Combat Talents in about eight or nine months.
’Once my Combat Talents are upgraded again, I should be able to start refining Spiritual Artifacts...’
As Fang Yun pondered how to increase his strength, he glanced one last ti at his remaining 766 Talent Points before closing the screen.
He hadn’t rested much yesterday.
He needed a good rest today.
Pushing the thoughts from his mind, Fang Yun soon fell into a deep sleep.
As he drifted off to sleep...
「Elsewhere.」
The Steward who had harvested the Qi Nourishing Grass and calculated the task rewards for Fang Yun now stood before Mi Zikun.
Mi Zikun was the Celestial Cloud Sect’s finest Spirit Plant Master, as well as the most respected Elder in charge of the Spirit Field Institute.
"Elder Mi."
"What is it? Speak quickly."
The Steward quickly handed a written report to Mi Zikun.
"Elder, I’m here about Fang Yun. This report details his results from planting Qi Nourishing Grass. Please take a look."
Mi Zikun nodded as he read the report.
"I know of Fang Yun. That disciple spends very little ti tending to the Qi Nourishing Grass. He dedicates most of his ti to Alchemy and Artifact Refining."
"To spend so little ti on the Qi Nourishing Grass and still produce such a high yield of superior- and good-quality plants... it proves his talent for planting is extraordinary!"
"After completing this task, Fang Yun didn’t accept any new planting tasks," the Steward reported, relaying what had happened yesterday.
"That’s fine."
Hearing this, the Steward looked at Mi Zikun, confused.
From what he knew of Elder Mi, he wouldn’t have expected such a calm reaction to a disciple with Fang Yun’s imnse planting talent.
With Fang Yun’s talent, he had the potential to beco an even more exceptional Spirit Plant Master in the future.
"Of all the tasks in the sect, planting tasks are the most popular. Consequently, there are also many disciples who possess so degree of Planting Talent."
Mi Zikun shook his head at this, feeling a bit helpless about the situation.
"Fang Yun possesses exceptional talent in both Alchemy and Artifact Refining. Even if his talents in those areas were slightly less remarkable, I’d still be in a difficult position. Elder Bai and Elder Xiong are not easy to persuade."
At an Elder’s council eting half a month ago...
Bai Heyan and Xiong Xingfeng got into a bit of an argunt.
The subject of their dispute was none other than Fang Yun.
He could tell that Bai Heyan was mostly joking, but Xiong Xingfeng was completely serious.
"I understand." The Steward nodded. With the Managent Elders of both Dan Cloud Peak and Artifact Casting Peak making their move, it would be very difficult to convince Fang Yun to pursue the path of a Spirit Plant Master.
"Unless, under these conditions, Fang Yun can sohow manage to grow three hundred superior-quality Qi Nourishing Grass plants. That would be a different story."
The Steward remained silent, privately thinking that Elder Mi was asking for too much.
’Three hundred superior-quality Qi Nourishing Grass plants!’
’Considering how little ti Fang Yun spends tending to the grass, it’s absolutely impossible, no matter how I look at it.’
"If there’s nothing else, you’re dismissed."
"Yes, Elder."
After a final bow, the Steward departed.
The stone door of the residence closed.
Mi Zikun murmured to himself, "Fang Yun..."
After a mont of thought, he ultimately just shook his head.
...
「The next morning.」
Fang Yun woke from a deep sleep.
This was the longest he had slept since reaching the late stage of Qi Refining.
Now that he no longer needed to go to the Spirit Field to tend to the Spirit Plants, managing his ti was much simpler. He didn’t have to rush around like before.
Fang Yun left his residence and headed for Dan Cloud Peak.
His plan for the day was to refine Qi Enhancent Pills. It was a perfect opportunity to see what the process felt like now that his Alchemy Talent had been upgraded to four stars.
Every talent upgrade was a new experience for him.
「On Dan Cloud Peak, in Upper-Grade Alchemy Room Number Three.」
Fang Yun had just finished refining a batch of Qi Enhancent Pills.
’Compared to my last attempt, I saved a full half a quarter hour.’
With his Alchemy Talent upgraded to four stars, every step of the Qi Enhancent Pill refining process was slightly faster for Fang Yun.
All those small monts added up, shaving off half a quarter hour from the total ti.
Half a quarter hour might not seem like much, but Fang Yun had already refined countless batches of Qi Enhancent Pills. He was incredibly experienced with the process.
To beco that much faster under these conditions—without any negative impact on the final product—was actually a massive improvent.
’Five Upper-Grade Qi Enhancent Pills, and one Lower-Grade.’
Fang Yun retrieved the six Qi Enhancent Pills from the Pill Output Port.
This matched his previous best result.
’From this batch onward, as long as the quality of the Spirit dicine remains the sa, this result should be my new baseline.’
The refining process gave Fang Yun a clearer understanding of his own improvent.
Before his Alchemy Talent leveled up, it would have taken him several more batches just to reach this as his baseline.
After ntally summarizing what he’d learned, Fang Yun began refining another batch of Qi Enhancent Pills.
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